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TAIPEI, Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The award ceremony will be held on October 3rd

Nominees for the 31st Golden Melody Awards (GMA) have been announced by the

Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development (BAMID), Ministry of

Culture of Taiwan. This year, 1,348 albums and extended play records with

19,461 works from 231 companies/organizations were submitted for consideration.

Thank You <kinakaian MOTHER TONGUE> dominates with a whopping 8 nods while Rich

Huang, the "King of Drum," was awarded with the Special Contribution Award.

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Rich Huang, a 70-year-old jazz drummer, has contributed over 100,000 tracks

throughout his career for the past 50 years and continues to influence and

inspire young musicians in Taiwan today. More than that, Rich Huang was the

first Taiwanese pop-music singer to hold his own concert at the National

Concert Hall.

COVID-19 has changed peoples' lives but music can still bring positive energy

to everyone. The Golden Melody Awards Ceremony is an annual event that everyone

is looking forward to. The 31st GMA ceremony, which is late but not absent,

will take place at 7 p.m. on October 3, 2020 at the Taipei Music Center and the

Red Carpet broadcast will begin live on Taiwan Television (TTV) at 5 p.m. Click

here for the full nomination list: https://gma.tavis.tw/gm31/index.htm

- Best Female Vocalist (Mandarin)

G.E.M./City Zoo/Sony Music Entertainment Taiwan Ltd.

Fish Leong/The Sun Also Rises/Universal Music Taiwan Ltd.

waa wei /Hidden, Not Forgotten/Sony Music Entertainment Taiwan Ltd.

Naiwen Yang/The More Beartiful,The More Invisible/Asia Muse Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Joanna Wang/Love is Calling Me/Sony Music Entertainment Taiwan Ltd.

Peggy Hsu/Hypnocity/Ice Studio, Inc.

- Best Male Vocalist (Mandarin)

Wakin Chau/The Younger Me/ROCK RECORDS CO.,LTD.

Qing Feng Wu/Spaceman/Universal Music Taiwan Ltd.

Namewee/Calling Asia/Asian Tone Pte Ltd

Ayal Komod/Gone Away/ROCK RECORDS CO.,LTD.

J.Sheon/THE ALLEY/Sony Music Entertainment Taiwan Ltd.

Chiu/Flee From The Ceremony/Music Stream Culture communication co.,Ltd.

- Best Mandarin Album

City Zoo/Sony Music Entertainment Taiwan Ltd.(Vocal: G.E.M.)

Spaceman/Universal Music Taiwan Ltd.(Vocal: Qing Feng Wu)

Hidden, Not Forgotten/Sony Music Entertainment Taiwan Ltd.(Vocal: waa wei )

Juvenile A/POURQUOI PAS MUSIC LIMITED(Vocal: Sandee Chan)

Love is Calling Me/Sony Music Entertainment Taiwan Ltd.(Vocal: Joanna Wang)

Hypnocity/Ice Studio, Inc.(Vocal: Peggy Hsu)

SOURCE Ministry of Culture of Taiwan

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   Caption: From the left: Hsuan Huang, Nana Lee, Shi Shi, Isaac Chen(Jury Chairman), Hsu

Yi-chun(Director of Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development,

Ministry of Culture), Emily Kuan and O-Kai Singers